Rhaeticus

Crater, craters · 44.4 km across · 0.03°, 4.92° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約44.4km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Georg Joachim von Lauchen of Rhaetia; Hungarian astronomer, mathematician (1514-1576).

Source of the name: Hungary (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Hungary

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (LOLA). Nothing is estimated or generated.

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SATELLITE CRATERS · 衛星クレーター · 11

Smaller craters that share this name with a letter added. The IAU records them under the same origin, so they are listed here rather than given pages of their own.
この名前に英字を足した小さなクレーターです。由来は親と同じものとして登録されているため、ここに並べています。

Rhaeticus A10.5 km

Rhaeticus B6.3 km

Rhaeticus D6.1 km

Rhaeticus E5 km

Rhaeticus F18.4 km

Rhaeticus G5.5 km

Rhaeticus H5.6 km

Rhaeticus J2.8 km

Rhaeticus L13.8 km

Rhaeticus M7.3 km

Rhaeticus N12.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.

Seeliger クレーター90 km

Pickering クレーター108 km

Blagg クレーター111 km

Dembowski クレーター112 km

Rima Réaumur 谷（リマ）114 km

Rima Oppolzer 谷（リマ）120 km

Horrocks クレーター125 km

Sinus Medii 入り江128 km

Great-circle distances on a sphere of radius 1,737.4 km.

Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
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DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA